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Biography

Primarily responsible for drafting and prosecuting patent, copyright and trademark applications, James E. Shultz, Jr. conducts work for clients within the United States and internationally. Mr. Shultz has significant experience in patent appeal, opposition, and interference proceedings. He has extensive experience in evaluation of third party patent portfolios and drafting patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement opinions. He has drafted a number of technology transfer, joint development and licensing agreements. Additionally, Mr. Shultz has significant experience with patent and trademark litigation. Clients identify with his well-balanced approach earned through his background as an in-house attorney and value his understanding of intellectual property law and intellectual property portfolio development and management.

Representative Experience

Drafted and prosecuted patents, copyrights, and trademarks, and drafted agreements and licenses for top global automotive products company

Provided foreign prosecution for patents on appeal and attended opposition proceedings in Tokyo and Munich

Mr. Shultz has also successfully represented the following matters:

Artificial vision systems

Distributed control systems

Electro-optical technologies

Power system facilities

Programmable logic controllers

Wireless and wired digital networks

Background and Credentials

Prior to joining Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, James E. Shultz, Jr. served as an in-house intellectual property attorney at a global automotive products company that markets high technology electronics. As a result, he provides a balanced perspective to electrical engineering clients in need of prosecuting patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

For innovators within the electrical, software and mechanical engineering industries, Mr. Shultz has a keen familiarity with marketable product design, permitting him to draft agreements and licenses to protect organizations’ trade secrets. He also provides clients with trademark litigation support and counsel.

Mr. Shultz completed a J.D. from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. He also received an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio University.